Going by the popular vote isn’t going to fix the underlying problems with the first-past-the-post system.
A year or so ago, yhwx and I had a little discussion and he shared some interesting videos. I like the idea of runoffs or ordered preference (whatever the official term is for those) elections.
Yes, it’s called instant runoff voting. I think I’m less sold on the idea than I was previously. It definitely can be said that it makes voting more complex, which I don’t think is necessarily a good thing. That may deter people from voting. The choice between having a fairer voting system and having more people being able to vote is a hard one.